band

Word Origin & History

"a flat strip," also "something that binds," a merger of two words, ultimately from the same source. In the sense "that by which someone or something is bound," it is attested from early 12c., from Old Norse band "thin strip that ties or constrains," from Proto-Germanic *bindan, from PIE *bendh- "to bind" (cf. Gothic bandi "that which binds; Sanskrit bandhah "a tying, bandage," source of bandana; Middle Irish bainna "bracelet;" see bend (v.), bind (v.)). Most of the figurative senses of this word have passed into bond (n.), which originally was a phonetic variant of this

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Example Sentences for band

They must have thought you had a band of hunters behind you.

In its fright, it had probably mistaken us for a band of buffalo.

In the course of weeks they formed a band, with Miss Henderson for president.

But the chances were gradually growing unfavorable to Hawkeye and his band.

Since we've been coming through the mountains he and his band have picked off a lot of our men.

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